What first-party studios do Sony own? And what exclusive games are PlayStation’s developers working on? In this Worldwide Studios guide, we’re going to list all of the Japanese giant’s subsidiary game makers, and their current projects. We’ll be updating this article regularly, as new titles are announced.

Japan

ForwardWorks

Mobile studio established to expand PlayStation’s footprint in the rapidly growing smartphone sector. Focused solely on the Japanese market for now.

SIE Japan Studio

One of the oldest and largest PlayStation first-party developers, SIE Japan Studio has a gigantic workforce divided into various teams. The division also functions as a support studio for third-party developers working on exclusive PlayStation games.

Europe

Guerrilla Games

Creators of the Killzone franchise and acquired by Sony following the release of Shellshock: ‘Nam 67 in 2005. Built the Decima Engine and in the process of moving to a larger office as it expands its team to 400 full-time employees.

SIE XDev Europe

Located in the same office as the now defunct SIE Liverpool Studio, SIE XDev Europe works with independent developers on first-party PlayStation projects. Past high-profile examples include Until Dawn (Supermassive Games) and Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream).

Established: 2000

Location: Liverpool, England

Current Projects: Unknown

North America

SIE Bend Studio

Infamously created Bubsy 3D for the PSone before moving on to the Syphon Filter series under the Eidetic name. Acquired by Sony in 2000. Historically focused on portable games, but back working on consoles with Days Gone.

Insomniac Games

Famed for PlayStation exclusive series such as Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, and Resistance, the developer has felt like part of the first party family all along. With Marvel's Spider-Man being such a huge hit, it's no wonder Sony scooped the studio up in 2019.

SIE San Diego Studio

Most famous for the critically acclaimed MLB The Show series, SIE San Diego Studio has previously operated as a support studio for external developers, and has also worked on titles like The Mark of Kri and Pain.

@get2sammyb Nice list. I don't think about the Sony devs too much b/c it seems like they are always working on something, probably b/c each game seems to take 3-10 years these days, but I often wonder what's going on with who's making what over at Nintendo, so feel free to share this idea with your mates over at NL.

Any chance of expanding the list to big 2nd and 3rd parties that are particularly focused on Sony, and others like Kojima and the folks making Shenmue 3?

@get2sammyb Announced this time last year for 2018, which will be over in less than 3 months, and I can't find a release date for it anywhere besides 2018. And the most recent Google listing is your article from mid-August when Sony released a video, about 2 months ago, so it doesn't seem very 2018 to me.

It's not about being in a hurry, it's about being left out in the cold wondering if a game is coming out or not when they said it was, and if it is, why don't they give a date, and if it isn't, why not say so?

If you didn't own a Wii U you wouldn't understand. Wii U had 2 types of games, those that got canceled, and those that got delayed. I'm still in recovery mode.

@rjeji The PS4 isn't the Wii U though, Sony won't put out release dates till they know they can hit that date due to the amount of criticism they got for delaying them. As for lack of information it's probably just down to Sony not having much to show or tell right now while the developers get their heads down hence no PSX.

@Octane It was announced less than a year ago and at E3 (playable even) with devs reinforcing the 2018 release. It's clearly an indie title, so the date can be announced pretty close to release. Sure, I have my doubts if it's going to make it, but I think "leaving in the cold" is way too harsh (that's more what Nintendo did with Metroid Switch or Ueda with The Last Guardian).

I think it's fine, a delay can happen. I wonder if they'll tell us though. I don't expect it this year, the holiday period is usually way too busy for a game like Concrete Genie. But then we've seen a busy Q1 this year, and a packed September, so it seems like it's never a good time to release a game

@Kidfried What @Octane said, I was referring to Concrete Genie being very quiet since August and it's due out this year, which has less than 3 months left. mM hasn't shut about up Dreams, they've been promising up a beta for the past 3 years now.

Wondering if/when Quantic Dream will become 1st party. Of all the 2nd Party studios they would make the most sense. Too bad Ready at Dawn fumbled The Order 1886 otherwise I think Sony would have bought them.

@get2sammyb Can you add SIE China Hero Project (China Ex Dev)? They are a Sony external development arm that helps develop chinese PS4 exclusives. Currently helping develop Monkey King, Lost Soul Aside and a few others.

I think they could buy 2-3 studios. Especially they have very good conditions - PS4 sells great. Their games sells great, too.Insomniac, Quantic Dream, From Software (dream ), Remedy, Ready At Dawn or some small like Supergiant Games, Housemarque and expand them.

I think Sony are buying Remedy. There's far too many complimentary tweets sent by Sony's other studios to point where you'd think they were already were a 1st party studio already. Though I think Sony will hold off till MS's XO event so they can steal there thunder.

Ah, that yellow diamond logo! Startup memories of the PSOne right there, brings a year to an old man's eye!

The countless hours lost on the PSOne playing games like Spyro the Dragon, Metal Gear Solid, MediEvil, Tomb Raider and the like is why I hope PlayStation will continue to be a thing for as long as I live.

@whywai88I love Quantic Dream and their games but given what happened between Sony and David Cage is an acquisition possible at this point? Of course I'd like to hope but I don't know if there's any bad blood between them now. I don't know the full details on what happened so don't know if that close relationship is repairable.